Dozens of Palestinian students on Monday choked on teargas when the Israeli police fired teargas canisters in the vicinity of al-Quds University, as well as some schools and kindergartens in Abu Dis town, east of Jerusalem.

Activist Hani Halabiya told Quds Press that Israeli police forces stormed Abu Dis town in the morning for a "security mission" that was not announced.

Halabiya said that Palestinian citizens of Abu Dis clashed with police forces who fired teargas canisters and sound bombs in the area upon students' arrival at their schools in the early morning hours.

The Palestinian activist stressed that Israel is aiming to disrupt the Palestinian educational process in Jerusalem and divert Palestinians' attention from the ongoing violations at al-Aqsa Mosque and Khan al-Ahmar demolition.

He called on school principals in Jerusalem to sue Israel at international courts.

Comment: This is not the first time al-Quds University has come under attack. Ma'an News Agency reports:

Al-Quds University, along with other Palestinian universities, has been subjected to numerous Israeli military raids in the past.

The university was raided several times throughout the years, when Israeli forces destroyed school's property, injured scores of students during clashes, confiscated the school's equipment and documents and even staged a raid during a book fair for students in need, proceeding to destroy and confiscate all of the contents of the fair meant for struggling, low-income students.

While Israelis raze villages and target schoolchildren with tear gas, the Trump Administration has, in all seriousness, announced that it will close Washington's PLO office because Palestinians have not taken "steps to advance the start of direct and meaningful negotiations with Israel."